St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-22

the proposition because it came from Min
neapolis. and cOunSeled all to deal fairly
He Informed his hearers that the citizens of
st. Paul and Minneapolis had something to
look after of great Importance to them.
They have got to look out for Duluth. that
young giant of the unsalted sea. Chicago,
too. is working for the business of the
Northwest, and he declared that if these
cities did not look out she would get it. too
There is to be large city when Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul are united, a large CONNER
cial center, and the location out where it is
proposed to place the capitol would do
much toward building up the same and con-
solidate the two cities. He urged all to
look kindly Oh the scheme.
Charming Seabury thought the PROPOSE
tion of Minneapolis to locate the state cap
itol on the experimental farm was remark
ably cool one. He recapituIated the nes0t-
alton for the state fair grounds and pointed
out the course taken by Minneapolis in that
affair as not creditaDle. He did not think
it was worth while to waste much time
upon the scheme.
ID. X. Noyes did not quite agree
with what Mr.. Seabury said. He c0mpli-
mented Gov. Pllsbury, and thought the
proposition of Minneapolis one that was
entitled to respectful consideration. He did
not think it wise to remove the capitol from
its present location, and was opposed to the
present agitation in favor of removal. He
had no hesitation in declaring that the
capitol ought to remain where it now is.
Gen. Averill thought it was due to the
friends of st. Paul in Minneapolis that
further consideration should be had, and
believed the Legislature
SHOULD BE CONSULTED.
The legislature may not agree with either
st. Paul or Minneapolis. He was not in.
favor of the experimental farm. If he
could have his choice he would prefer to
have the capitol remain just where it is.
Capt. Berkey denounced the whole matter
as real estate speculation. He favored
this rivalry and fighting, as it is called,
between those two cities, and desired to
have it continued. 1t helped to build up
both cities. Minneapolis would not have
been what it is but for st. Paul, nor would
st. Paul have been what it is without
Minneapolis. He believed that most of
this talk was in favor of real estate
schemes and argued against the pro-
posed change beacuse of the in
creased difficulty in getting to the capitol.
Minneapolis would not have had even an
exposition building but for the state fair
grounds. The ice palace advertised Min
neapOlis almost as much as ST. Paul. If
the location is changed it will be for the in
terest of a lot of real estate men. Mr.
Curry, of the firm of McCluug, McMurran
d Curry, defended the real estate men. He
came here two years and half ago for the
purpose of making some money and then
leaving. He had, however, found st. Paul
such delightful place to live in, the climat
50 pleasant and everything so agreeable that
he had concluded to remain.
| have put in very large amounts of money
here, and have helped, l think, in no small
degree to build up the town, he said. / do
not think this is d real estate scheme, and I
desire to deny the statement fully and un-
equfvocally. The fact is the present site of
the capitol is an unsightly one. Something
must be done. When the capitol was located,
there were few people here compared to
what there are now and everything is changed.
1t does not accommodate the people. We
have now competitors in Duluth, Chica 20,
Kansas City and other large towns. We have
got to act. If we join hands with Minneapo-
lis we can buAd up an immense city here.
GEN. sANBoRN's RESOLUTIONS PASSED.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Currys remarks
Mr.. Smalley suggested to lay all the reso-
lutiOns on the table for further conference
Mr.. Murray renewed his call for the previ-
our question. when wrangle followed
The chair sought to put the previous ques-
ton, when Mr.. Rogers declared he would
not be gagged by the chair. More wrang-
ling followed as to the form of the question:
Finally the previous question was pm and
carried by vote of 81 too. Gen. Sanb0rnss
resolutions were then carried by vote of
81 to 5, Messrs. Averill. Hager, Hodgson,
Norton and Smalley voting against them
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Hodgson to
remove the state university to point at
Midway was promptly tabled.